Pregnancy loss – there is nothing more horrifying, nothing more devastating than seeing the beginnings of life come to an end so quickly. A life that did not get a chance to live. They say at least I can fall pregnant. Well, I would rather not experience pregnancy at all than being tormented with three miscarriages. I would rather go… Read More

The moment a woman announces her pregnancy, the label “mother” is instantaneously replaced by all previous titles – obliterating the identity of woman, wife, girlfriend, even birth name. Regardless if you were a doctor, lawyer, nurse, shop assistant, etc, your life is now peered through the lens of motherhood. Ultimately, it is extremely hard to run away from this perception… Read More

It is 6pm and I have just walked through the door. The grind of the day at work has exhausted me. I am so tired I cannot even begin to think about cooking dinner, an angst that has haunted me during the train ride home. Take away food temporarily fixes that burden. As I look around my home, the place… Read More

Numb. Angry. Empty. Confused. These emotions filled every corner of my existence, replacing the love and excitement of what was supposed to arrive, but never did – my unborn baby. If losing one unborn child was not enough, losing two just shattered my soul. Even though my first miscarriage was 8 years ago, my second miscarriage occurred last year. Round… Read More

Published in Her View From Home It is 6:30 am and it is time to get ready to work as well as get my three year old to daycare. As I gently attempt to wake him up, Dimitri yells at me ‘Leave me alone, I am TRYING to SLEEP!’ He rolls over and continues to sleep. Once he is dragged… Read More

We live in a society, where we constantly pre-judge everything – from how we dress, to socio-economic status, and commodities we own. Sadly, our society likes to judge mother’s choices for their children. Whether it is in public, on social media, or gossiping amongst each other – people think it is OK to mother shame, constantly judge, give unnecessary criticisms,… Read More

One of the many things I vowed I would never do when I became a mother is co-sleep. I was so adamant about it too, alongside not to formula feed, and only use cloth nappies. It was like as if I constructed some imaginary “rules” to abide by, to keep myself in check, to keep a sense of order when… Read More

I will never forget the day I admitted to myself I may have postnatal depression. I put My son (let’s call him D) into the baby carrier and took myself to our family GP. My anxiety was at its peak, but all I could ever feel was emptiness, nothingness, and some sort of sadness. Most of all, I felt like… Read More

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My name is Yvette. I am the founder of She is Sacred. Welcome to my safe, & sacred space of storytelling, self-love & sisterhood. My writing is raw, honest, from the soul, stripped to the very essence experiences on mental health awareness, motherhood,
& marriage.